diff --git a/drivers/pwm/core.c b/drivers/pwm/core.c
index 4399e793efaf..ccbdd6dd1410 100644
--- a/drivers/pwm/core.c
+++ b/drivers/pwm/core.c
@@ -718,40 +718,54 @@ int pwm_apply_atomic(struct pwm_device *pwm, const struct pwm_state *state)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pwm_apply_atomic);
 
-static int pwm_get_state_hw(struct pwm_device *pwm, struct pwm_state *state)
+/**
+ * pwm_get_state_hw() - get the current PWM state from hardware
+ * @pwm: PWM device
+ * @state: state to fill with the current PWM state
+ *
+ * Similar to pwm_get_state() but reads the current PWM state from hardware
+ * instead of the requested state.
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 on success or a negative error code on failure.
+ * Context: May sleep.
+ */
+int pwm_get_state_hw(struct pwm_device *pwm, struct pwm_state *state)
 {
 	struct pwm_chip *chip = pwm->chip;
 	const struct pwm_ops *ops = chip->ops;
 	int ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
+	might_sleep();
+
+	guard(pwmchip)(chip);
+
+	if (!chip->operational)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	if (ops->read_waveform) {
 		char wfhw[WFHWSIZE];
 		struct pwm_waveform wf;
 
 		BUG_ON(WFHWSIZE < ops->sizeof_wfhw);
 
-		scoped_guard(pwmchip, chip) {
+		ret = __pwm_read_waveform(chip, pwm, &wfhw);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
 
-			ret = __pwm_read_waveform(chip, pwm, &wfhw);
-			if (ret)
-				return ret;
-
-			ret = __pwm_round_waveform_fromhw(chip, pwm, &wfhw, &wf);
-			if (ret)
-				return ret;
-		}
+		ret = __pwm_round_waveform_fromhw(chip, pwm, &wfhw, &wf);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
 
 		pwm_wf2state(&wf, state);
 
 	} else if (ops->get_state) {
-		scoped_guard(pwmchip, chip)
-			ret = ops->get_state(chip, pwm, state);
-
+		ret = ops->get_state(chip, pwm, state);
 		trace_pwm_get(pwm, state, ret);
 	}
 
 	return ret;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pwm_get_state_hw);
 
 /**
  * pwm_adjust_config() - adjust the current PWM config to the PWM arguments
diff --git a/include/linux/pwm.h b/include/linux/pwm.h
index f1cb1e5b0a36..78827f312407 100644
--- a/include/linux/pwm.h
+++ b/include/linux/pwm.h
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ int pwm_get_waveform_might_sleep(struct pwm_device *pwm, struct pwm_waveform *wf
 int pwm_set_waveform_might_sleep(struct pwm_device *pwm, const struct pwm_waveform *wf, bool exact);
 int pwm_apply_might_sleep(struct pwm_device *pwm, const struct pwm_state *state);
 int pwm_apply_atomic(struct pwm_device *pwm, const struct pwm_state *state);
+int pwm_get_state_hw(struct pwm_device *pwm, struct pwm_state *state);
 int pwm_adjust_config(struct pwm_device *pwm);
 
 /**
@@ -494,6 +495,11 @@ static inline int pwm_apply_atomic(struct pwm_device *pwm,
 	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }
 
+static inline int pwm_get_state_hw(struct pwm_device *pwm, struct pwm_state *state)
+{
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
 static inline int pwm_adjust_config(struct pwm_device *pwm)
 {
 	return -EOPNOTSUPP;